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HURRICANE HELENE ADVISORY NUMBER  32
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL082006
500 AM AST WED SEP 20 2006

...HELENE MOVING NORTHWESTWARD AND EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL TO THE
EAST OF BERMUDA...

AT 500 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE HELENE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 25.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 55.4 WEST OR ABOUT 745 MILES...
1200 KM...SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.

HELENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR. A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS
...AND HELENE IS FORECAST TO REMAIN WELL TO THE EAST OF BERMUDA.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 110 MPH...175 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...
AND HELENE COULD REGAIN MAJOR HURRICANE STATUS LATER TODAY OR
THURSDAY.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES...75 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200
MILES...325 KM.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 958 MB...28.29 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 500 AM AST POSITION...25.3 N...55.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...110 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...958 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 AM AST.

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FORECASTER STEWART
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